So close and yet so far by inkyfingers999, literature
Literature
So close and yet so far
A young couple talked together happily as they rested beneath a tree. A few children, just released from Leadworth Elementary for the day, were horsing around on the sidewalk a short distance away. An elderly man ambled by, his dog walking obediently beside him, matching his leisurely pace. Rory Williams leaned back against the Pandorica, eyes vacantly scanning the area now and then, observing the passers-by with no particular interest. Nothing new to see. He found it ironic that he had ended up here, of all places, after so long. He had been faithful to his duty for nigh onto two thousand years now, guarding the precious stone box with his l
They call you
The Girl Who Waited
But you're not the only one
You know,
There have been others
Just like you
Some even more precious than
The Girl Who Waited
You don't really like to think about it
So you don't
You just keep on waiting for
The Man Who Always Leaves
The Man Who Ruined Your Childhood
The Man Who Isn't A Man
The Man Who Sees The Stars
Until,
You remember that there is someone else
Someone who has been waiting so long
For you,
The Girl Who Waited
He has been alive longer than
The Man Who Always Leaves
He has spent every single second of his life
Waiting for you
Protecting you
Loving you
Trying to make su